Rory McIlroy hadn’t even left the practice range last Friday morning when a small section of fans at the Ryder Cup started a profane chant aimed at his image on a video screen at Bethpage Black in Farmingdale, N.Y. The verbal abuse and other inappropriate behavior directed toward McIlroy and his European teammates worsened as the weekend went on. At …
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PGA of America president Don Rea Jr., who initially compared vitriolic comments at the Ryder Cup with what could be heard at a youth soccer game, finally apologized Thursday in an email to the 30,000-plus golf professionals he was elected to serve. Europe built a record lead after two days and held on for a 15-13 victory — its six …
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As more videos and spectator accounts surface in the aftermath of poor fan behavior at the Ryder Cup, the PGA of America’s president appears content to downplay the various incidents that were a major storyline over the weekend at Bethpage Black. Don Rea, who is the volunteer president of the organization that represents club professionals across the country, has been …
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“I made the absolute horrible mistake of saying it back to them once. And if you watch the video, I’m kind of like laughing to myself, like, ‘F— you, Rory?’ “I’m just, like, what? And the media took that, spun it and said that I had started all of these chants. “I would just like to say … I did …
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McIlroy described the abuse as “unacceptable” and said it should be “off-limits”. Sprague says he plans on apologising to McIlroy and his family. “I haven’t spoken to Rory or Erica [McIlroy] but I do plan on sending them an email with my heartfelt apologies because of what occurred,” he said. McIlroy suffered lengthy abuse before eventually snapping by swearing at …
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Leadership can admittedly be a nebulous concept, but in politics and in war, there is an adage that has held true throughout history across all cultures: When there is a massive failure in regards to strategy, someone needs to come forward and resign. It’s time for the data people involved with the U.S. Ryder Cup team to resign. I say …
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FARMINGDALE, N.Y. — The criticism started pouring in well before the U.S. made a Sunday rally at the Ryder Cup. It was a monumental day that saw Europe win just one match outright out of 12, but for the U.S. it was a hole too deep, a deficit too large. While it says here—and has been said many times previously—that …
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(Photo by: zz/Dennis Van Tine/STAR MAX/IPx 2016 7/21/16) President Donald Trump congratulated Team Europe’s Ryder Cup in Bethpage, New York, after raucous victory chant pointedly called him out. “Are you watching, are you watching Donald Trump?” the players shouted, trophy in hand, echoing the jeers of their supporters during the closing ceremony. Trump, who had attended the event days earlier, …
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Keegan Bradley should not have been the captain of the 2025 U.S. Ryder Cup team. That is not an opinion based on hindsight or a reaction to the Americans losing to the Europeans at Bethpage Black, it is a simple fact. Bradley was not the first choice for the captaincy by the PGA of America, the operators of the U.S. …
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